Westlife - Journalist pens fun folk history of Cleveland rock

November 29th, 2006

By Benjamin Pogany
Insights
Published Nov. 29, 2006

Link :http://www.westlifenews.com/2006/11-29/insights.html?

Journalist pens fun folk history of Cleveland rock
By Benjamin Pogany
Insights
Published Nov. 29, 2006

In his new book, “Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories,” local journalist and author Carlo Wolff takes a fun, incisive look at three decades of Cleveland’s music history. The result is a well-researched work that is an absolute blast to read. Read the rest of this entry »

CoolCleveland.com - Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories

November 15th, 2006

From Cool Cleveland Managing Editor Peter Chakerian peterATcoolcleveland.com

Link :http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php?n=Main.Windustrious#reads

Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories
Carlo Wolff

Gray & Company

Music fans who grew up in Cleveland hear a lot about the “golden age” of Rock and Roll. Sometimes, it’s downright inescapable: from endless classic rock on the radio, to the glass menagerie at the end of East Ninth, every signpost in town points back to that era. Noted rock critic Carlo Wolff has documented those signposts and paired them with historical perspective and first-person narratives for his new Cleveland rock nostalgia book, Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories.

This book collects memories of Clevelanders who were entrenched in the music scene: musicians, reporters, jocks, reporters, club owners, and the fans. Some memories seem to meander with ubiquitous zeal; others (including those of PD Minister of Culture Michael Heaton) are spot-on and laugh-out-loud funny. When Heaton leaves the over-attended Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon gig at Blossom, you know he’s not as “invisible” as he thinks he is. Read the rest of this entry »